Improvement in wine and cider mills



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K WINE A CIDER MILL. No.171,761.- v Patented Jan.4,1876

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C. 30111.. WINE AND CIDER MILL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OHRISOSTOMUS BOUL, 0 OGLE STATION, rumors.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIN; AND CIDER MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,761, dated January4, 1876 5 application filed December 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHRISOSTOMUS BoUL, of Ogle Station, in the county'ofSt. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Older and Wine Mills; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andnomically, and yield the maximum quantity of uice; and my inventiontherein consists in the various new combinations of the principaloperative parts, all as more particularly hereinafter described. I

To enable others skilled in the art to make my invention, I now proceedto describe the same in connection with the drawings, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on the line of thecrusher-spindle; Fig. 3, a cross-sectiomon the line of thecrusher-spindle; and Fig. 4, a top view with the hopper removed, showingthe shape of the mouth of the receiver.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in each figure.

A represents a block, preferably of wood, longitudinally divided intotwo equal parts, a a, which are supported upon four stout standards, B BB B. The two standards B B are connected at their lower ends by across-beam, b, tenoned into each, the joints being strengthened bybolts 1) I). These standards B incline toward each other and toward thecenter of the block A, and have their inner sides cut away from theirtops, on 'a line at right angles to the beam 1), to a shoulder, b uponwhich rests the forward end of the block A. Bolts 0 0 pass through thestandards B B and entirely through the block A, connecting its two partsa a and the said standards B B rigidly together. To the center of thebeam 12 is pivoted,

by the king-bolt 0 the forward axle 0, having wheels 0 O. The twostandards B B are inclined and secured to the block A by bolts 0 0 in asimilar manner to the standards B B,

by bolts d d. The two sets of standards, by

their inclination and in connection with the bolts, brace each other,rigidly support the block A, and hold its parts a a tirlnlytogether,while the wheels allow it to be drawn from place to place. 0 is thereceiver, which is an opening, in general" outline, of .the form of afrustum of a cone, made through theblock A.

longitudinally toward the forward end of the block, but laterallyexactly in the center of said block A, one-half of the opening beingmade in each of the two parts a a. ,In the walls of the receiver areformed a number of grooves, e, descending spirally from the top to thebottom of the block A, a regular distance apart, each groove makingabout two-thirds of a revolution around said receiver. These grooves aremade quite deep at their tops, and diminish in depth gradually untilthey reach the bottom of the receiver,where they are very shallow, andalmost cease to be grooves. The grooves, where they open in the top ofthe receiver, are met by large circular vertical grooves c D is thecrusher, preferably made of wood, of the same general outline as thereceiver 0, and adapted to enter such receiver from the bottom. It hasgrooves corresponding to the grooves e of the receiver, but running inan opposite direction. The top of each groove 6 opens into a largecircular vertical groove, 6 formed in thecrusher, corresponding tothe'vertical grooves 0 of the receiver. E is the crusher-spindle,preferably made of metal passing, entirely through and rigidly securedto the crusher, and having its lower end f rounded and enlarged to forma shoulder, upon which the crusher rests. F is a brace passing over themouth of the receiver, and holding the hopper Gin place. This brace alsosupports the upper endof the crusherspindle, which passes through wandhas secured to its upper end a sweep, H, for rotating said spindle. Thelower end of the'crushen spindle rests upon a step, I, which has adepressed bearing tbr the lowerrounded' end of the spindle. This step issuspended laterally across and'below the bottom of the receiver by twovertical rods,z i, which connect one with each end of the step and passup through the block A on each side of the hopper, with nuts '5' tscrewed on their upper ends for ad justing the same. Kis a troughresting in an inclined position upon the cross-beams b d, under thereceiver and crusher, which conveys the juice to anyiproperremovablereceptacle; The trough is raised onto therod g, which passes through theuprights B above the cross beamb, to remove it out of the way of the;wheels 0 0 when the mill is being drawn 3 around, and allows the wheelstoqpass entirely, under thesaid trough. A screw 1'od,'g, holds; thetrough in place. y p In operation the crusheris turned by a horse 1.

attached, by a line or rod, to the end of the;

sweep H. The crusher is adjusted togcrush thepomace to the desiredfineness. Theapples are then thrown into the hopper whole.l' When two ofthelarge vertical grooves, and? a, come opposite each other they form anopen-% ing large enough to receive a whole apple; H

which is. drawn down wardlyiuto a gradually" diminishing space andthoroughlyoompressedl The juice flow'sfreely down betweenthe crush- 1 erand v receiver, but the opening is so small that none of the pomacecango through. When it is'desiredto cleanout the pomace the adj 11stable step is lowered until the spaceis large enough for it to pass out,the whole being cleaned by water thrownin from above, or in any otherconvenient way. The crusher, how

ever,can be 'entirelyremoved by taking the sweep off of the upper end ofthe crusher-spindle, and unscrewing the nuts 13 i, so that the bolts t tcan be taken'out and the step 1 lowered out of the way.

When a lighter pressure is needed, as in making wine, the crusher isloweredpallowing the grapes to be compressedwithout being torn.

Having thus described my invention, what .I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letstantially as described, the combination of the followingelements: the block A, the receiver 0, adjustable crusher D, hopper G,and inclined conveying-troughK, all the partsbeing mounted upon wheelsand adapted to be drawn from place to place, substantiallyas describedand shown. 1 i

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of October, 1875. yp p p t CH. LBOUL.

Witnessesi M CHAS. D. MOODY, SAMhS. BOYD.

